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Los Angeles, California, U.S. Occupation. Actress. Years active. 1968–1991. Beverly Hope Atkinson (December 9, 1935 – December 11, 2001) was an American stage, film, and television actress from 1968 until 1991, known for her work playing women down-on-their-luck or caught up in drug addiction. [1]
Beverly Hope Atkinson was an African-American actress who appeared in films and TV shows such as The New Centurions, Sanford and Son, and Hill Street Blues. She died of cancer in 2001 at the age of 66.
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Beverly Hope Atkinson. Actress: Heavy Traffic. African-American Beverly Hope Atkinson began her career on the New York stage with Cafe LaMama and toured in such productions as "The Skin of Our Teeth," "Lysistrata" and "The Blacks".
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Jan 9, 2002 · Film, TV and stage actress Beverly Hope Atkinson, known for her role in 'The New Centurions', died of cancer in 2002. She also appeared in 'Hill Street Blues', 'thirtysomething' and other shows and movies.
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Beverly Hope Atkinson (December 9, 1935 – December 11, 2001) appeared on Good Times as Savannah Morgan, the girlfriend of Sweet Daddy Williams who got involved in a fender-bender with Keith, who drives a taxicab in the Season 6 episode "The Witness". a noted stage, film and TV actress from the 1960s until 1991, Beverly was known for her character w...
Beverly studied under Lee Strasberg in the 1960s and later became a member of the Actors Studio. After attending New York's City College (CCNY), she began her career on the New York stage with the Café LaMama Theater troupe and Theater West in Los Angeles, touring in such productions as The Skin of Our Teeth, Lysistrata and The Blacks, before relocating to Hollywood in the early 1970s. She impressed in her very first film role, that of a streetwise hooker in The New Centurions (1972) with George C. Scott.
She also had a role in the 1973 Ralph Bashki animated film Heavy Traffic as a black woman named Carole. She began her television career with minor roles, but found steadier work as her character career continued in the same flashy vein: playing angry women down-on-their-luck or whose lives were caught up in drugs and addiction, most notably in a recurring role on Hill Street Blues from 1984–1986.
Atkinson died of cancer in Los Angeles at the age of 66.
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